Maharashtra Heavy Rains: Yellow Alert Issued For Mumbai, Schools Closed In Thane And Palghar- Top Points

In Maharashtra's Palghar and Thane, a holiday has been declared for all the primary, secondary and higher secondary schools on Friday as?the weather bureau has issued an 'orange' alert, with a forecast of heavy to very heavy downpour at isolated places, an official said.

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1. According to Mumbai Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's rain data,?the intensity of rains was greater in the island city (the areas in the southern part till the causeway in Mahim) in the first half of Thursday, while the suburbs received heavy rains since late afternoonon. Heavy rainfall resulted in water-logging in several areas, traffic jams on most arterial roads and delay in suburban train services of both Western and Central Railways.

Civic officials said water-logging was witnessed in Matunga, DN Nagar, Byculla, Trombay, Azad Maidan, Kandivali, Kalbadevi, Oshiwara, Dahisar, Magathane at 3:30pm, with water being almost half-feet in most of these areas.

2. A red alert was issued by the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Mumbai centre for Mumbai and neighbouring Raigad district on Thursday, predicting "heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places and extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places".

3.?Western Railway suburban train services also face consequences and ran with a delay of 10-15 minutes through the day due to the rains, with a major cause being waterlogging at Marine Lines and Borivali stations in the south and north of the network, respectively.

On Central Railway, suburban trains were 10-15 minutes late since morning, with the operations deteriorating in the evening due to waterlogging on the tracks at the north-end of Kalyan, officials said.

4.?A 32-year-old man was swept away in a swollen nullah near a creek in Kalwa town of Thane district while he was fishing amid intense showers.

5.As a result of incessant rainfall in the catchment area, the Tansa dam started overflowing and 15 of its gates were opened, from where 1,65,000 cusecs of water was being discharged, officials said.

6. In neighbouring Palghar district, 8,400 cusecs water was being released from Dhamani dam and 21,100 cusecs from the Kawadas dam.